It is important as accountants that we keep abreast of technology changes that are taking place related to hardware, software and overall systems in general. We need to do this for various reasons, a few of which are: 1) Changes in technology have and will continue to change what accounting is, how it is done, where it is done, etc. 2) As trusted business advisers accountants are many times the first to be consulted on new technology adoption within organizations, therefore we should be aware of new and cutting edges changes that may be taking place. How should you keep abreast of these changes and starting thinking about there impacts? I read many blogs, and have cultivated twitter followers that have a pulse of what's happening. I'll list some of them on this page, and please as you uncover important sources of information add them to this page.

Blogs:

Data Breaches (From the Privacy Rights Clearing House):


Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Data Breaches
  • Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    On Monday, December 18, 2017, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. discovered a burglary had occurred i...
  • City of Thousand Oaks by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    On Feb 28, 2018, City of Thousand Oaks Financial Department learned that an unauthorized individu...
  • Dollar Shave Club, Inc. by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    On March 21, 2018, Dollar Shave Club Inc.'s tech team identified attempts by a third party system...
  • Blue Beacon by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    On  March  15,  2018, Blue Beacon, Inc. discovered that their employee portal acco...
  • Walker Advertising, LLC by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    Two senior Walker employees' corporate email accounts were hacked between Jan 29, 2018 and Feb 22...
  • Mise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc. by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    Mise en Place Restaurant Services, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on March 15, 2018. Inform...
  • Pierre Fabre by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    On March 12, 2018, we discovered that information entered on some of our websites (aveneusa.com, ...
  • AccessLex Institute d/b/a Access Group by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    On March 28, 2018 AccessLex learned that on March 23, 2018, a vendor they use to help provide stu...
  • W. W. Grainger, Inc. by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    On April 10, 2018, Grainger as notified by [24]7.ai that [24]7.ai was involved in a cyber inciden...
  • Orbitz by Emory Roane May 9, 2018
    Between Oct. 1, 201 and Dec. 22, 2017, Orbitz determined that an unauthorized third party may hav...



Twitter Followers:

  • Accounting Twitter'ers
    • @going_concern
    • @AICPA_JofA
    • @tomhood
    • @MACPA
    • @nealhannon
    • @xbrlplanet
    • @isaudit
    • @mwillis001
    • @AccountingWEB
  • Technology Twitter'ers
    • @arstechnica
    • @techreview
    • @fastcompany
    • @nytimesscience
    • @TUAW
    • @savitz (technology/investing contributor from forbes.com)
  • IT Security TWitter'ers
    • @quinnnorton
    • @wascwhid



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